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grantpt.3, ptsname.3, unlockpt.3, pts.4: Global fix: s/pty/pseudoterminal/ 

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2010-10-12 06:55:18 +02:00
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man3/grantpt.3
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@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ grantpt \- grant access to the slave psuedoterminal
The
.BR grantpt ()
function changes the mode and owner of the slave psuedoterminal device
(pty) corresponding to the master pty referred to by
corresponding to the master pseudoterminal referred to by
.IR fd .
The user ID of the slave is set to the real UID of the calling process.
The group ID is set to an unspecified value (e.g., \fItty\fP).
@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ appropriately.
.SH ERRORS
.TP
.B EACCES
The corresponding slave pty could not be accessed.
The corresponding slave pseudoterminal could not be accessed.
.TP
.B EBADF
The
@ -47,14 +47,14 @@ argument is not a valid open file descriptor.
.B EINVAL
The
.I fd
argument is valid but not associated with a master pty.
argument is valid but not associated with a master pseudoterminal.
.SH VERSIONS
.BR grantpt ()
is provided in glibc since version 2.1.
.SH "CONFORMING TO"
POSIX.1-2001.
.SH NOTES
This is part of the UNIX 98 pty support, see
This is part of the UNIX 98 pseudoterminal support, see
.BR pts (4).
Many systems implement this function via a set-user-ID helper binary
called "pt_chown".

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man3/ptsname.3
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@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ ptsname, ptsname_r \- get the name of the slave psuedoterminal
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.BR ptsname ()
function returns the name of the slave psuedoterminal (pty) device
function returns the name of the slave psuedoterminal device
corresponding to the master referred to by
.IR fd .

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man3/unlockpt.3
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@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ unlockpt \- unlock a psuedoterminal master/slave pair
The
.BR unlockpt ()
function unlocks the slave psuedoterminal device
(pty) corresponding to the master pty referred to by
corresponding to the master psuedoterminal referred to by
.IR fd .
.PP
.BR unlockpt ()
should be called before opening the slave side of a pty.
should be called before opening the slave side of a psuedoterminal.
.SH "RETURN VALUE"
When successful,
.BR unlockpt ()
@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ argument is not a file descriptor open for writing.
.B EINVAL
The
.I fd
argument is not associated with a master pty.
argument is not associated with a master psuedoterminal.
.SH VERSIONS
.BR unlockpt ()
is provided in glibc since version 2.1.

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man4/pts.4
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@ -53,15 +53,15 @@ and
.IR /dev/ptmx ,
.I /dev/pts/*
.SH NOTES
The Linux support for the above (known as UNIX 98 pty naming)
The Linux support for the above (known as UNIX 98 psuedoterminal naming)
is done using the
.I devpts
file system, that should be mounted on
.IR /dev/pts .
.LP
Before this UNIX 98 scheme, master ptys were called
Before this UNIX 98 scheme, master psuedoterminals were called
.IR /dev/ptyp0 ", ..."
and slave ptys
and slave psuedoterminals
.IR /dev/ttyp0 ", ..."
and one needed lots of preallocated device nodes.
.SH "SEE ALSO"